Re: Suggestion: launch applications menu in Activities

[Colin Walters <walters verbum org>]

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback.  I agree launching apps right now could use a
lot of improvement; we're iterating and brainstorming on that.    We
know for sure we want to use scrolling instead of paging, as you
suggest.

I'll post some of my notebook contents soon.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Jeremy <lp_jeremy yahoo fr> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I like very much the gnome-shell concept and design, but i feel that launching apps from the Activities window could be quicker and more intuitive:
>
> Instead of having a few apps suggested and a "more" button to click and show the apps menu,
> having a list of all the apps with a scroll bar would be quicker to find and launch apps.
> The "more" button could be replaced by a combo with options that would let the user display applications either by alphabetic order, or by theme (accessories, office, internet, etc.) and still put the most often used ones (and currently opened ones too) at the top of the list.
> Just a suggestion...
>
> That said, gnome-shell is a great improvment for usability and the new way of using virtual desktops is just wonderful and more clever than ever!
>
> For info, i'm using gnome-shell on ubuntu 9.10 on an ibook G4.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Jeremy LP
>
>
>
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